Quarter Century Ago Today of Toyama, Ishikawa, and Fukui, Japan

2024.07.18

vol.28

The world population reaches 6 billion at noon Japan time [25-year ago today]

 

According to the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. and other sources, the world population must exceed 6 billion at noon Japan time.

 

The world’s population reached 3 billion in 1960 and has doubled in about 40 years.

Q. How much is the world population now?

The United Nations Population Fund’s “World Population Report 2024” states that the world population in 2024 will be 8.119 billion.

 

According to the United Nations, introduced by the U.S. Economics and Statistics Administration, the world population must reach 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.4 billion in 2010.

 

In 1999, the Economics and Statistics Administration of the U.S. predicted that the population would exceed 7 billion in 2013 and 8 billion in 2027; the actual rate of increase was faster.

参考
UN Population Division Data Portal - United Nations
世界人口白書2024 - 国連人口基金
北國新聞

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